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Friday, August 19, 2016

Rabbi Stabbed in Strasbourg: Can You Guess the Rest? "The attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar!'" "The attacker is believed to have a history of mental health issues" "police say terrorism has been ruled out, however they are unsure of the man's motive"

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Fun fact: the croissant was created after the battle of Vienna and Jan Sobieski's victory over the Turks. The crescent would be consumed to celebrate the defeat. The pope proclaimed the victory nothing short of the saving of Christendom.

I don't think the perpetrator above ordered a croissant. The Muslims are tuned into these things and their collective memory goes back 1400 years.

Now that's the kind of solid journalism the Bear respects. This is becoming part of the template for all of this stories. The Bear is curious, however. Why are so many mentally ill people involved in Islam? Are they drawn to a 7th century death cult? Or does Islam drive people crazy? I'm trying to figure out what mental illness this is if you take Islam away. Not many mental illnesses contribute to homicide. I'm imagining defending someone like this in court. Could I really find an expert to testify so that the defendant here meets the legal definition of insanity?

No. I couldn't. It's a high bar. I would never get an insanity defense over it. This guy knew exactly what he was doing and who he was targeting.

Again, the troubling thing is throwing the least-culturally protected group under the bus to cover for Islamic terrorism. This vague stuff like "mentally unstable," or "mental health issues" is crap. It's harmful.